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Reading Books on 100-dpi Monitors
Bookreader books are optimized for display on a monitor that
uses 75-dpi (dots per inch) fonts and is set to 75-dpi bit den-
sity. As a result, a book displayed on a 100-dpi monitor will
be less attractive than at 75-dpi.
To improve the appearance of books on a 100-dpi monitor,
you can to run the monitor at 75-dpi. This makes windows
and text smaller, but Bookreader books display better. Other
applications may display better as well.
Follow these steps to set the monitor resolution to 75-dpi on a
Tru64 UNIX system:
1. Edit the -fd and -dpi options in the appropriate line in
/etc/ttys. For example:
:0 "/usr/bin/login -P /usr/bin/Xprompter -C /usr/bin/dxsession -e" none on
secure window="/usr/bin/Xws bc -fd 75 -dpi 75"
2. To activate the changes, restart the DECwindows server
by rebooting the workstation:
# /etc/shutdown -r now
Follow these steps to set the monitor resolution to 75-dpi on
an OpenVMS system:
1. Copy SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_
STARTUP.TEMPLATE to DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_
STARTUP.COM
2. Edit DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_STARTUP.COM. At
the bottom of the file add:
$ do_MYNODE:
$ decw$server_density == "75,75"
$ decw$monitor_density == "75,75"
This file also has a section for setting up a node in a clus-
ter. If your node is part of a cluster, add the following in
that section (replacing MYNODE with the name of your
system):
$ node_list ="MYNODE"
3. Restart DECwindows with the following command:
$@decw$startup restart
If the changes don't work correctly, check to see
if the 75-dpi fonts are loaded. The fonts are in
SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONTS.DECW.75DPI]. If the fonts
are installed, test the logical name:
$SHOW LOGICAL *font*/table=*
Severe Bookreader display problems can occur on 100-
dpi monitors when the bit density setting of the Window
Manager does not match the font density setting. Make
sure that the same setting is used both for the fonts and the
density.
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